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Crime in the United States (Uniform Crime Reports) 

Crime in the United States (CIUS) is an annual publication in which the FBI compiles volume and rate of crime offenses for the nation, the states, and individual agencies. This report also includes arrest, clearance, and law enforcement employee data.

LexisNexis Congressional
Index to U. S. Congressional documents and includes indexing and full-text for congressional hearings, reports, bills, prints, and documents.Also includes Congressional Record, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Code, public laws, and more.Coverage begins in 1970.  Additionally, the University subscribes to Congressional Indexes 1789-1969.  Many of these earlier documents can be found in our CIS microfiche collection.

GPO Monthly Catalog
U.S. government publications index. Covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.).Includes a bibliographic citation in each record. Dates covered - 1976 to present. 

Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for many topics. Great place to start research.  

Homeland Security Digital Library
The HSDL collection provides quick access to important U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources such as theses and reports from various universities, organizations and local and state agencies. 

LexisNexis Legal
Federal, state, and some international statutes, codes, case law; law reviews; and patents. 

LexisNexis Statistical
Federal and state statistical sources including 200 federal agencies, 50 state governments, 100 international intergovernmental organizations, and 500 private and academic sources. Coverage begins in 1973.

NTIS
The DARTS System is a product of the collaborative efforts of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) and the Government Printing Office. The NTIS/GPO pilot program will make approximately 240,000 documents dating from 1964 to 2000 available free for viewing and provide the full text of these reports as free downloadable PDF files.  The subject area of these reports include: Physics, Environmental Pollution and Control,Nuclear Science and Technology, Medicine and Biology, Energy, Chemistry, Materials Science, Natural Resources and Earth Sciences, Computers and Information Theory, Behavior and Society– includes psychology, education, law and sociology, and international relations.

Statistical Abstract of the United States 

The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Use the Abstract as a convenient volume for statistical reference, and as a guide to sources of more information both in print and on the Web. Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations